# Paulo Muacho
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{{Short description|Portuguese politician (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Paulo Muacho
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| image = Paulo Muacho - Entrevista 'O Setubalense' 2022 (cropped).png
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| caption = Muacho in 2022
| office1 = Member of the [Assembly of the Republic](/source/Assembly_of_the_Republic_(Portugal))
| constituency1 = [Setúbal](/source/Set%C3%BAbal_(Assembly_of_the_Republic_constituency))
| term_start1 = 26 March 2024
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| office2 = Member of [Lisbon City Council](/source/Lisbon_City_Council)
| term_start2 = 2017
| term_end2 = 2021
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| birth_name = Paulo Jorge Velez Muacho
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|07|14|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Campo Maior](/source/Campo_Maior%2C_Portugal), Portugal
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| party = [LIVRE](/source/LIVRE)
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| occupation = Lawyer
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'''Paulo Jorge Velez Muacho''' (born 14 July 1990) is a [Portuguese](/source/Portugal) lawyer, politician and member of the [Assembly of the Republic](/source/Assembly_of_the_Republic_(Portugal)), the national [legislature](/source/legislature) of Portugal. A member of the [LIVRE](/source/LIVRE) party, he has represented [Setúbal](/source/Set%C3%BAbal_(Assembly_of_the_Republic_constituency)) since March 2024.
==Early life==
Muacho was born on 14 July 1990 in [Campo Maior](/source/Campo_Maior%2C_Portugal).[{{cite web |title=Deputados: Biografia - Paulo Muacho |url=https://www.parlamento.pt/DeputadoGP/Paginas/Biografia.aspx?BID=6932 |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url= |archive-date= |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}][{{cite web |title=Paulo Muacho |url=https://partidolivre.pt/primarias-legislativas-2024/setubal/paulo-muacho |publisher=[LIVRE](/source/LIVRE) |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313203838/https://partidolivre.pt/primarias-legislativas-2024/setubal/paulo-muacho |archive-date=13 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}] He grew up in [Seixal](/source/Seixal) on the south bank of the [Tagus](/source/Tagus).[{{cite news |last1=Rito |first1=Francisco Alves |title=Paulo Muacho: “Se mudarmos agora de governo, provavelmente o aeroporto não irá avançar” |url=https://osetubalense.com/ultimas/2022/01/12/paulo-muacho-se-mudarmos-agora-de-governo-provavelmente-o-aeroporto-nao-ira-avancar/ |access-date=30 March 2024 |work=O Setubalense |date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812220437/https://osetubalense.com/ultimas/2022/01/12/paulo-muacho-se-mudarmos-agora-de-governo-provavelmente-o-aeroporto-nao-ira-avancar/ |archive-date=12 August 2022 |location=Setúbal, Portugal |language=pt}}] He has a [degree](/source/Academic_degree) in law.[{{cite web |title=Paulo Muacho |url=https://partidolivre.pt/?team=paulo-velez-muacho |publisher=[LIVRE](/source/LIVRE) |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240313193059/https://partidolivre.pt/?team=paulo-velez-muacho |archive-date=13 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}]
Muacho joined [LIVRE](/source/LIVRE) in 2014 shortly after its formation and has been a part of the Contact Group, the party's [executive body](/source/Senior_management), from 2015 to 2020 and since 2022.[{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2015/candidatos.html |website=Eleições legislativas 2015 4 outubro |publisher=[Ministry of Internal Administration](/source/Ministry_of_Internal_Administration_(Portugal)) |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209141628/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2015/candidatos.html |archive-date=9 December 2023 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}] At the [2019 legislative election](/source/2019_Portuguese_legislative_election) he was placed fourth on LIVRE's list of candidates in [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon_(Assembly_of_the_Republic_constituency)) but the party only won a single seat in the constituency.[{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2019/candidatos.html |website=Eleições legislativas 2019 6 de outubro |publisher=[Ministry of Internal Administration](/source/Ministry_of_Internal_Administration_(Portugal)) |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240127183241/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2019/candidatos.html |archive-date=27 January 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}] At the [2022 legislative election](/source/2022_Portuguese_legislative_election) he was placed first on LIVRE's list of candidates in Setúbal but the party failed to win any seats in the constituency.[{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos |website=Eleições legislativas 30 de janeiro de 2022 |publisher=[Ministry of Internal Administration](/source/Ministry_of_Internal_Administration_(Portugal)) |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116151420/https://www.eleicoes.mai.gov.pt/legislativas2022/candidatos |archive-date=16 January 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}] He was elected to the [Assembly of the Republic](/source/Assembly_of_the_Republic_(Portugal)) at the [2024 legislative election](/source/2024_Portuguese_legislative_election).[{{cite web |title=Candidatos |url=https://www.legislativas2024.mai.gov.pt/candidatos |website=Eleições legislativas 10 de março de 2024 |publisher=[Ministry of Internal Administration](/source/Ministry_of_Internal_Administration_(Portugal)) |access-date=30 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311152645/https://www.legislativas2024.mai.gov.pt/candidatos |archive-date=11 March 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}]
==Electoral history==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left;"
|+ Electoral history of Paulo Muacho
! scope=col|Election
! scope=col|Constituency
! scope=col colspan="2"|Party
! scope=col colspan="2"|Alliance
! scope=col|No.
! scope=col|Result
|-
| [2015 legislative](/source/2015_Portuguese_legislative_election)[{{cite magazine |title=Série I - Comissão Nacional de Eleições: Mapa Oficial n.º 1-A/2017 - Mapa oficial dos resultados das eleições gerais para os órgãos das autarquias locais de 1 de outubro de 2017 |magazine=[Diário da República](/source/Di%C3%A1rio_da_Rep%C3%BAblica) |date=30 November 2017 |volume=2017 |issue=231 |pages=6502-(225) |url=https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/al2017_mapa_resultados.pdf |access-date=16 March 2024 |via=National Elections Commission |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240131213554/https://cne.pt/sites/default/files/dl/al2017_mapa_resultados.pdf |archive-date=31 January 2024 |location=Lisbon, Portugal |language=pt}}] || [Lisbon](/source/Lisbon_City_Council) [Municipal Assembly](/source/Municipal_assembly_(Portugal)) || {{party color cell|LIVRE}} || [LIVRE](/source/LIVRE) || {{party color cell|Socialist Party (Portugal)}} || [Socialist Party](/source/Socialist_Party_(Portugal)) || align=right|5 || '''Elected'''
|-
| [2019 legislative](/source/2019_Portuguese_legislative_election)